We went to meet French winegrowers in the four corners of France. The 47.7 million hectoliters produced during the last harvest having not found a taker in full, some French producers will have to resort to private storage or crisis distillation - a heartbreak for the 5% of they pushed to recycle their production in hydroalcoholic gel. A national envelope of 155 million euros and European aid have been released. But will this allow everyone to survive?

A report by Xavier CHEMISSEUR, images by Stéphane BODENNE

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